Fredericksburg Finds

[Syclone]

Hunted a friends private land in Fredericksburg, VA along the Rappahannock River. My First ever Civil War era hunt!

Any ideas on the smaller lead ball with a tip on it? Or anything on the bottom far right? I was thinking some sort of button, but not sure.

 

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[Peyton Manning]

I don't know, but it's nice stuff

 

[lookingharder]

Great finds. looks like you may have found a camp.

 

[trdking]

Far right looks like a rivot The ball and stem my be the end of a cuff link or formal button?

 

[Syclone]

There are some "identified" gun embankments on the property. They have been heavily hunted. I am amazed i found anything. The one item appears to have been a knife at one point. It has 5 rivets where the handle used to be as well as a small guard. The small horse shoe still has nails in it.



This bottom piece may have once been straight, and has a round part with a hole in it on each end.

 

[dfallis1]

The little nipple on the round ball is from when they were casting musket balls. It was likely dropped as they were making them. They would file that down before use. The other relic on the right may be a oil lantern knob. Hard to tell by the pics but I find them often in camps. Congrats!! Nice Score.

 

[Syclone]

Some better pics of the unknown

 

[Davers]

Some better pics of the unknown

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Tough call but imo 'it's a knob of some sort' daaa right?

I also dug a similar knife late last year , it has rivets that are made of Brass, are yours brass?

When they (the Knifes ) are that far gone 'Corroded' it's hard to tell when they were used. In my experience .

Very nice Finds.

 

[devldog]

Very Nice CW artifacts. You did Good in Fredricksburg. That is History brought to the surface and saved.

 

[Trezurehunter]

Congrats on making some CW finds on your first hunt. I'm sure those will not be forgotten any time soon.

 

[Joe-Dirt]

The smaller ball w/ knob might be a camp cast ball with the sprue still on it, if it’s lead